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“Corey O’Connor is claiming credit for Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave policy in TV ads and mailers in his campaign against Mayor Ed Gainey. But the truth is, he almost killed it.“
I’m voting to re-elect Mayor Gainey!
I’m voting to re-elect Mayor Gainey!
Letter to the editor: O’Connor nearly killed paid sick leave
Corey O’Connor is claiming credit for Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave policy in TV ads and mailers in his campaign against Mayor Ed Gainey. But the truth is, he almost killed it. I know this ...
triblive.com
May 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“Corey O’Connor is claiming credit for Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave policy in TV ads and mailers in his campaign against Mayor Ed Gainey. But the truth is, he almost killed it.“
I’m voting to re-elect Mayor Gainey!
I’m voting to re-elect Mayor Gainey!
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
Re: U.S. CECOT detainees, the main q is NOT 'did they ever allegedly commit a crime?'
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
April 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Re: U.S. CECOT detainees, the main q is NOT 'did they ever allegedly commit a crime?'
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
Some personal news tucked in here: I'm running to fill this vacancy on Allegheny County Council. More on that TK!!!
Allegheny County Councilor David Bonaroti to resign
The first-term Democrat announced Thursday he is moving out of state for work.
www.wesa.fm
April 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Some personal news tucked in here: I'm running to fill this vacancy on Allegheny County Council. More on that TK!!!
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
I don't think I'm going to vote for the guy who my college slumlord wants to be the Mayor of Pittsburgh.
www.pghcitypaper.com/news/corey-o...
www.pghcitypaper.com/news/corey-o...
Mayoral candidates point fingers on developer donations and affordable housing
O'Connor's campaign fundraised with Walnut Capital, bringing in over $90,000, but Gainey's campaign accepted thousands from area construction firms.
www.pghcitypaper.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I don't think I'm going to vote for the guy who my college slumlord wants to be the Mayor of Pittsburgh.
www.pghcitypaper.com/news/corey-o...
www.pghcitypaper.com/news/corey-o...
I think this is obvious by now, but nothing this administration is doing indicates they care about winning elections legitimately anymore
March 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I think this is obvious by now, but nothing this administration is doing indicates they care about winning elections legitimately anymore
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
Another illegal kidnapping by the Trump admin by masked, plain clothes agents.
They’re terrorizing students to squash dissent because that’s what an authoritarian does.
Rumeysa is now in a detention center like Mahmoud Khalil—both political prisoners who must be released.
They’re terrorizing students to squash dissent because that’s what an authoritarian does.
Rumeysa is now in a detention center like Mahmoud Khalil—both political prisoners who must be released.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Another illegal kidnapping by the Trump admin by masked, plain clothes agents.
They’re terrorizing students to squash dissent because that’s what an authoritarian does.
Rumeysa is now in a detention center like Mahmoud Khalil—both political prisoners who must be released.
They’re terrorizing students to squash dissent because that’s what an authoritarian does.
Rumeysa is now in a detention center like Mahmoud Khalil—both political prisoners who must be released.
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
Team Gainey isn't shy about being less accessible to developers.
Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak: “What they are talking about is ... calling in political favors to get preferred treatment. That’s something that’s been done a lot in the past that we absolutely don’t do.”
Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak: “What they are talking about is ... calling in political favors to get preferred treatment. That’s something that’s been done a lot in the past that we absolutely don’t do.”
March 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Team Gainey isn't shy about being less accessible to developers.
Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak: “What they are talking about is ... calling in political favors to get preferred treatment. That’s something that’s been done a lot in the past that we absolutely don’t do.”
Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak: “What they are talking about is ... calling in political favors to get preferred treatment. That’s something that’s been done a lot in the past that we absolutely don’t do.”
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
WE'VE RAISED $100,000 IN LESS THAN SEVEN HOURS!!!!
I'm SO grateful to the thousands of grassroots donors who've contributed so far -- and none of them are corporations or lobbyists!
Help us build a different type of campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...
I'm SO grateful to the thousands of grassroots donors who've contributed so far -- and none of them are corporations or lobbyists!
Help us build a different type of campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...
March 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
WE'VE RAISED $100,000 IN LESS THAN SEVEN HOURS!!!!
I'm SO grateful to the thousands of grassroots donors who've contributed so far -- and none of them are corporations or lobbyists!
Help us build a different type of campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...
I'm SO grateful to the thousands of grassroots donors who've contributed so far -- and none of them are corporations or lobbyists!
Help us build a different type of campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
March 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
The numbers speak for themselves.
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The numbers speak for themselves.
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.
No one knows why he was detained.
No one knows why he was detained.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.
No one knows why he was detained.
No one knows why he was detained.
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
As someone who works in the housing and community development space, local policies to grow housing opportunities is an important part of the pi (see what I did). O’Connors plan lays out policies that are either already in place or in process. There is nothing new that I can see.
March 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As someone who works in the housing and community development space, local policies to grow housing opportunities is an important part of the pi (see what I did). O’Connors plan lays out policies that are either already in place or in process. There is nothing new that I can see.
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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Reposted by Dennis McDermott
Including lot-size reform in the affordable housing package let developers build more & make more $ in exchange for 2 of every 20 units being priced for folks earning ~$17/hr. Carving it out gives them everything while getting nothing for Pghers struggling to pay rent.
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
March 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Including lot-size reform in the affordable housing package let developers build more & make more $ in exchange for 2 of every 20 units being priced for folks earning ~$17/hr. Carving it out gives them everything while getting nothing for Pghers struggling to pay rent.
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
bless the chatter for letting me know we can upload videos over a minute on here now WOOOOO YALL ABOUT TO BE SICK OF MEEEEE
March 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
bless the chatter for letting me know we can upload videos over a minute on here now WOOOOO YALL ABOUT TO BE SICK OF MEEEEE
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
March 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
🚨🚨🚨 A MAGA mega donor is putting his thumb on the scale in the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh Mayor.
Jeffrey Yass tried to do this last year and failed. We gotta beat him again.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Jeffrey Yass tried to do this last year and failed. We gotta beat him again.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
A Trump megadonor leans into a tight swing-state Democratic primary
Pennsylvania’s biggest Republican donor may be trying to put his thumb on the scale of a Democratic primary
www.independent.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
🚨🚨🚨 A MAGA mega donor is putting his thumb on the scale in the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh Mayor.
Jeffrey Yass tried to do this last year and failed. We gotta beat him again.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Jeffrey Yass tried to do this last year and failed. We gotta beat him again.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
one would hope that corey would be able to smell these sick fucks a mile away, to not take their meetings, to denounce their support, but if we can’t even count on him to do that…
Republican donors trying to unseat Pittsburgh’s progressive Black mayor
Democratic primary battle promising to be biggest test for progressive movement since Trump’s presidential victory
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
one would hope that corey would be able to smell these sick fucks a mile away, to not take their meetings, to denounce their support, but if we can’t even count on him to do that…
Fighting fascism starts here at home. We will not work with ICE. We will not be sold to fascists. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
March 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fighting fascism starts here at home. We will not work with ICE. We will not be sold to fascists. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Is this a bit?
We will never be a monarchy. Know that. To quote the LOTR trilogy: Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.
March 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Is this a bit?
Reposted by Dennis McDermott
Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
February 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know